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(No ModeL) W. J. HADRA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

No. 587,577. Patented Aug. 3,1897.

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\VILLIAM J. IIADRA, OF CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND.

.NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,577, dated August 3, 1897.

Application filed February 13, 1897- Scrial No. 623,278. (No model.)

To (LU whom It may {JOII/LGI'ILI Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. HADRA, a citizen of the United States, residingat Cumberland, in the county of Allegany and State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and has for its object to provide improved and simple means for preventing the refilling of a bottle without fracturing or visibly damaging the bottle-neck, and thus indicating the perpetrat-ion of the fraud.

To this end my invention consists in the features and in the novel construction or combination of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims following the description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a vertical central section of a bottle constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bottle-neck with the safety appliances removed. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the clasp. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank from which the guard is made, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of a modification.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a bottle of any desired or approved configuration and having formed integrally therewith a neck'2. The neck is contracted at the point where it joins the bottle, forming a valve-seat 3, on which is adapted to seataspherical valve 4. The neck flares outwardly for a suitable distance above the valve-seat 3, forming an enlarged chamber 5, and from thence upward is cylindrical, as at 6. Upon the interior of the cylindrical portion 6 of the neck is formed a narrow vertical groove 7, and upon the lower exterior portion of said cylindrical portion of the neck are formed two parallel annular grooves 8 and 9, for the purpose hereinafter described. Upon the exterior of the bottle-neck, immediately below the cylindrical portion 6 thereof, is formed a shoulder 10.

The numeral 11 indicates a clasp consisting of a narrow strip of metal bent or doubled upon itself to engage the inner and outer sides of the cylindrical portion of the bottleneck, the outer member 12 of said clasp being corrugated or indented near its lower end, as at 13, and the inner member being provided with a guard constructed in the manner and for the purpose hereinafter made apparent.

The inner end of the strip is formed or provided with a circular disk 14, having a central aperture 15. Connected to the disk 14 by a narrow strip or ligament 16 is an imperforate disk 17, having its periphery scalloped, as shown. The disk 14 is bent at a right angle to the strip and the disk 17 is bent into parallelism with the disk 14. The disks 14 and 17 are of a size to snugly fit within the bottle-neck, and the tongues 18, formed on the edge of the disk 17, are preferably bent at right angles to said disk toward the disk 14 and serve to hold said disksseparated.

In practice the spherical valve 4 is dropped into the mouth of the bottle onto its valve- 1 seat 3, the bottle being first filled, and the clip 11 is then slipped over the edge of the bottleneck and in the groove 7, and thegroove is then filled up flush with the interior of the bottle-neck by cement or adhesive material of anysuitable kind. The clasp is then Wired to the bottle-neck by wires 19, that are passed around the neck in the grooves 8 and 9 and about the clasp 11, the ends of the Wires being twisted in the usual manner and cut off short and finally turned down. The lower Wire lies in the corrugation or indentation 13 of the outer member 12 of the clasp, and said corrugation or indentation lies in the groove 9, whereby the clasp is tightly fixed in place and cannot be removed without removing the wires 19, a most tedious and laborious if not impractical operation. Finally a cork 20 is inserted in the mouth of the bottle-neck, effectually preventing the entrance of air or the discharge of any of the contents of the bottle.

\Vhen it is desired to discharge the contents of the bottle or a portion thereof, the cork 20 is removed, when by tilting or inverting the bottle the liquid can be poured out in the usual manner, the spherical valve 4 dropping by gravity from its seat into the enlarged chamber 5 and against the disk 14, said chamber permitting the free passage of the liquid about and around the valve. Upon replacing the bottle in an upright position the valve automaticallyseats itself upon its valve-seat by gravity and prevents liquid from being poured into the bottle, and if it be attempted to replace the contents of the bottle by inverting the latter and forcing the liquid up into the bottle the pressure of the liquid will force the valve to its seat. If it be attempted to remove the spherical valve by bending and withdrawing the disks 1i and 17, the force necessary to accomplish the object will exert such a pressure on the upper end of the bottie-neck that the latter will be fractured or broken at a point above the uppermost of the wires 19, and this result is facilitated or rendered more certain by the bottle-neck being weakened by the groove 7, while the lower portion of the cylindrical part of the bottleneck is strengthened by the wires 19 and the inclosed portion of the member 12 of the clasp. The lower end of the said member 12 rests upon the shoulder 10 and aids in strengthening this portion of the neck and breaking the upper and weaker portion.

Instead of scalloping the edge of the disk 17 with semicircular recesses the edge of said disk may be provided with rectangular tongues 21, as shown in Fig. 5, and the strip 11 may, if preferred, be formed separately from the disks 1i and 17 and be riveted, soldered, or otherwise suitably fastened thereto. The disks 14 and 17 constituteaguard which lies over the spherical valve and prevents the latter from being held from its seat to permit the introduction of liquid into the bottle. 13y scalloping the edge of the disk 17 and centrally perforating the disk let a free passage for the discharge of the liquid is provided, while at the same time the introduction of any instrument for lifting the valve from its seat is prevented.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the neck having a contracted valveseat in its lower portion and a spherical valve seated thereon, of a clasp secured over the edge of the bottle-neck and provided with a guard projecting over the spherical valve, substantially as described.

2. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the neck having a contracted valveseat in its lower portion and a spherical valve seated thereon, of a clasp secured over the edge of the bottle-neck and resting in a vertical groove formed in the interior of the neck, said clasp having a guard projecting over the spherical valve, substantially as described.

3. In a non-refillable'bottle the combination with the neck having a contracted valveseat in its lower portion and a spherical valve seated thereon, of a clasp secured over the edge of the bottle-neck and cemented in a vertical groove formed in the interior of the neck, said clasp having a guard projecting over the spherical valve, substantially as described.

4:. In a non-refillable bottle, the cornbination with the neck having an internal vertical grooveand external annular grooves and having a contracted valve-seat formed in its lower portion, of a spherical valve seated on said neck, a clasp arranged over the edge of the bottle-neck and provided near the lower end of its outer member with a corrugation or indentation lying in one of said annular grooves and provided with a guard depending in the neck and projecting over the spherical valve, and wires arranged in said annular grooves and fastened over the outer member of said clasp, substantially as described.

5. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the neck having a contracted valve seat formed in its lower portion, an enlarged chamber formed above said valve-seat and a cylindrical portion above said chamber provided with an internal vertical groove and external annular grooves, a spherical valve seated on said valve-seat, a clasp arranged over the edge of the cylindrical portion of the neck and having an outer member fixed to the neck by wires disposed in said annular grooves and fastened about said member and having 0 its inner member arranged iii-said vertical groove and projecting over the spherical valve, substantially as described.

6. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the neck havinga contracted valveseat in its lower portion, and a spherical valve seated thereon, of a clasp secured over the edge of the bottle-neck and provided with two parallel disks disposed over said valve, one of said disks being serrated or scalloped upon its periphery and the other of 'said disks being centrally perforated, substantially as described.

7. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the neck having a contracted valveseat in its lower portion, and a spherical valve seated thereon, of a clasp secured over the edge of the bottle-neck and provided with two parallel disks disposed over said valve, one of said disks being centrally perforated and the x no other disk provided with peripheral tongues bent up at right angles toward the perforated disk, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witu 5 nesses.

WILLIAM J. I-IADRA.

Witnesses:

F. B. KEEFER, GEO. W. REA. 

